Modern semiconductor devices, a far cry from the chips we once knew, are now highly complex intelligent systems used in datacenters, communications infrastructure, in consumer electronics, automotive, home and office automation, almost everywhere. All such applications build around large subsystems, invariably compute,… Read More
Semiconductor Intellectual Property
2025 Outlook with Veerbhan Kheterpal of Quadric
Quadric Inc. is the leading licensor of general-purpose neural processor IP (GPNPU) that runs both machine learning inference workloads and classic DSP and control algorithms. Quadric’s unified hardware and software architecture is optimized for on-device ML inference. Veerbhan Kheterpal is the CEO and one of the co-founders… Read More
Synopsys Expands Optical Interfaces at DesignCon
The exponential growth of cloud data centers is well-known. Driven by the demands of massive applications like generative AI, state-of-the-art data centers present substantial challenges in terms of power consumption. And AI is poised to drive a 160% increase in data center power demand while also increasing demands on storage… Read More
Webinar: Unlocking Next-Generation Performance for CNNs on RISC-V CPUs
The growing demand for high-performance AI applications continues to drive innovation in CPU architecture design. As machine learning workloads, particularly convolutional neural networks (CNNs), become more computationally intensive, architects face the challenge of delivering performance improvements while maintaining… Read More
An Open-Source Approach to Developing a RISC-V Chip with XiangShan and Mulan PSL v2
As RISC-V gains traction in the global semiconductor industry, developers are exploring fully open-source approaches to processor design. XiangShan, a high-performance RISC-V CPU project, combined with the Mulan Permissive License v2 (Mulan PSL v2), represents a community-driven, transparent alternative to proprietary… Read More
Embracing the Chiplet Journey: The Shift to Chiplet-Based Architectures
The semiconductor industry is facing a paradigm shift. Traditional scaling, once driven by Moore’s Law, is slowing down. For years, moving to smaller process nodes led to lower transistor costs and better performance. However, scaling from node to node now offers fewer benefits as wafer costs rise much more than the historical… Read More
2025 Outlook with Justin Endo of Mixel
Justin Susumu Endo, Mixel’s Director of Marketing & Sales, oversees marketing strategy and customer engagement from Mixel’s headquarters in San Jose, California. He holds a bachelor’s degree with a double major in economics and French from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an MBA from … Read More
2025 Outlook with Volker Politz of Semidynamics
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your company.
I am the Chief Sales Officer and I lead the global sales team and drive the overall sales process.
Semidynamics was founded 2016 as a design service company with a focus on RISC-V. This was so successful that the CEO decided to pivot the company towards its own IP sales and started… Read More
CEO Interview: With Fabrizio Del Maffeo of Axelera AI
Fabrizio Del Maffeo is the CEO and co-founder of Axelera AI, the Netherlands-based startup building game-changing, scalable hardware for AI at the edge. Axelera AI was incubated by the Bitfury Group, a globally recognised emerging technologies company, where Fabrizio previously served as Head of AI. In his role at Axelera AI,… Read More
Will 50% of New High Performance Computing (HPC) Chip Designs be Multi-Die in 2025?
Predictions in technology adoption often hinge on a delicate balance between technical feasibility and market dynamics. While business considerations play a pivotal role, the technical category reasons for the success or failure of a prediction are more tangible and often easier to identify—if scrutinized with care. However,… Read More
Unlocking the cloud: A new era for post-tapeout flow for semiconductor manufacturing